TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multinational collaboration in solving a European Salmonella Braenderup outbreak linked to imported melons, 2021
AU  - Moore, Hannah L.
AU  - Aabye, Martine
AU  - Hoban, Ann
AU  - Rosner, Bettina
AU  - Lefevre, Stine K.
AU  - Litrup, Eva
AU  - Müller, Luise
AU  - Ethelberg, Steen
AU  - Simon, Sandra
AU  - Balasegaram, Sooria
AU  - Larkin, Lesley
AU  - Jernberg, Cecilia
AU  - Takkinen, Johanna
AU  - EU/EEA/UK S. Braenderup Outbreak Investigation Group
AB  - A genomic cluster of Salmonella Braenderup ST22, a serovar of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica which causes symptoms of gastrointestinal illness, was notified by Danish authorities to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on 3 May 2021. By 6 July 2021, S. Braenderup outbreak cases (n = 348) had been reported from 12 countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK), including 68 hospitalised cases. With support from affected EU/EEA countries, and in partnership with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), ECDC established an international outbreak investigation team to rapidly identify the source and prevent outbreak spread. Consumption information was shared with affected countries through a standard line list, revealing that 124 of 197 cases (63%) reported having eaten (any) melons within 7 days prior to disease onset. The speed and completeness of the investigation, which identified the outbreak vehicle as galia melons imported from Honduras in June 2021, was a direct result of extensive collaboration and information sharing between countries’ national food safety and public health authorities. This article describes the outbreak and the benefits, successes, and challenges of multi-country collaboration for consideration in future large foodborne outbreaks across Europe.
KW  - EU
KW  - food-borne
KW  - collaboration
KW  - outbreak
KW  - policy
KW  - salmonella
KW  - surveillance
KW  - 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
PY  - 2024
LA  - eng
PB  - Robert Koch-Institut
JO  - Eurosurveillance - Europe's journal on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
DO  - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.1.2300273
ER  -